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Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Arungwa NwazueUdo has assumed duty as the new AIG, Zone 5, comprisingEdo and Delta states.Arungwa Udo took over from AIG Lawan Jimeta, who died onSunday, February 12, at the University of Benin TeachingHospital (UBTH) after a brief illness.A statement by the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, DSPTijani Momoh noted that the new AIG enlisted into the NigeriaPolice Force...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has proposed that banks shouldtransfer funds in accounts that have been dormant for up to10 years into a trust fund account.This is contained in the recently released exposure draft ofguidelines on the Management of Dormant Accounts,Unclaimed Balances and Other Financial Assets in Banks andOther Financial Institutions In Nigeria.A circular accompanying the exposure draft stated that thegu...

Ahead of Saturday’s supplementary elections in 2,660 pollingunits across the country, the Inspector General of Police,Usman Baba has assured voters of their safety at the polls.He also ordered the deployment of policemen to 185 LocalGovernment Areas across 24 states of the Federation wheresupplementary polls will hold on Saturday.The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) hadduring the February 25 and March...

The Edo State Government has called on the general public,particularly owners of all abandoned corpses at the StellaObasanjo Hospital Mortuary, Sapele Road, Benin City, toclaim them on or before Friday 5th of May, 2023.The government through the Edo State HospitalsManagement Agency warned that a mass burial will becarried out for the abandoned corpses on the 10th of May,2023.A press statement issued and signed by th...

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Lobi Stars defeated Rivers United 3-2 in a NigerianProfessional Football League (NPFL) fixture at the New JosStadium.Farouk Mohammed scored the first goal of the game forRivers United in the 64th however Umar Abba equalized forLobi Stars five minutes later.Lobi Stars took the lead through Wasiu Alalade in the 86thminute but Nyima Nwagwa levelled the scores for the visitingteam in the 90th minute. But in the 96th min...

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has soughtsupport for Labour Party (LP) national leadership, led byJulius Abure, urging members to be calm over the infighting.The labour centre urged supporters to back the nationalchairman in delivering until a convention holds to either electa new set of officers or have the current executive returned.TUC President, Festus Osifo, in a statement, pointed out thatin the past few w...

The Concerned Ekpoma Eminent Stakeholders Forum hascondemned the failure to commence work on the Ekpomasection of the Benin-Abuja highways despite claims that fundshad been released to the contracting firm Dantata and Sowae.The Forum noted that the Federal Government revealed to itsdelegation during a recent visit to the Federal Ministry ofWorks that the contractor had been mobilized to resume workon the road.The Gr...

The Labour Party (LP) has raised the alarm over allege plansby opposition parties to destabilize the conduct of the nationaland state assembly supplementary elections scheduled tohold on Saturday, April 15 across various wards in Edo state.The supplementary elections will hold in some wards andunits in Orhionmwon/Uhunmwonde federal constituency;Oredo East, Ovia South West and Egor for the house ofassembly.The party,...